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06.06.20, 14:46 PM General Topics
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I'm looking for a good family saga book. It can be old. Something like The Thorn Bird or Lonesome Dove, pillars of the earth. any suggestions? [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
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Homegoing, Pachinko, The Forsythe Saga, East of Eden, Commonwealth. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 02:48 PM Flag
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Second Pachinko and Forsythe. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 02:49 PM Flag
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A Kind of Freedom by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, the Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai, Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich. This genre is my jam! [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 02:51 PM Flag
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Louise Erdrich x 100 but I vote for The Round House first and then either LaRose or The Plague of Doves [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 11:08 PM Flag
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+1 on East of Eden and Commonwealth [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.07.20, 01:00 AM Flag
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I loved Pachinko as well, highly recommend [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.07.20, 02:26 AM Flag
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Me, too. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.07.20, 12:53 PM Flag
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another vote for east of eden [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.07.20, 06:34 AM Flag
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Here is one I recently enjoyed (I'm trying to read mostly international fiction): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachinko_(novel). [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 02:49 PM Flag
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Thanks!! [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 02:57 PM Flag
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One Hundred Years of Solitude [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 03:05 PM Flag
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Yes! [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 08:31 PM Flag
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Jeffrey Archer - the Clifton Chronicles [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 03:18 PM Flag
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The Dutch House by Ann Patchett [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 03:43 PM Flag
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i just logged in to recommend the dutch house too—also commonwealth by ann patchett [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 10:58 PM Flag
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The Forsyte Saga, Galsworthy. Or Trollope’s Parliamentary Novels.Forsyth [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 04:40 PM Flag
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love the Forsyte Saga - excellent! [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 11:31 PM Flag
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The first 3 Outlander novels. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 04:41 PM Flag
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I read these already.:) [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 09:39 PM Flag
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The Cazalet Chronicles, Elizabeth Jane Howard. Chronicle of an well-to-do English family from @ 1930s. Just wonderful. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 04:44 PM Flag
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A Fine Balance, Pachinko, Shantaram, [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 04:58 PM Flag
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A fine balance was one of my favorite books [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 09:39 PM Flag
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+1. Definitely a saga. I like all of Misty's other books too. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 10:26 PM Flag
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Ken Follett's Century Trilogy (first book is Fall of GIants). [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 05:09 PM Flag
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Didn't care for it, or any of his other stuff after Pillars of the Earth. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 08:17 PM Flag
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Clan of the Cave Bears [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 06:21 PM Flag
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LOL [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.07.20, 12:57 AM Flag
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Shogun and the following sequels by James Clavell, Hawaii by James Michner, Winds of War and War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk OMG. ALL SO GOOD! I want to read them all again. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 08:26 PM Flag
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Anything by James Michener is pretty good. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 10:27 PM Flag
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Second James Clavell. I love the whole series, but Shogun is my favorite. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.07.20, 02:41 AM Flag
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Mine too. Didn't care much for the later ones. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.07.20, 04:19 PM Flag
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I recently listed to the audio book of My Antonía and found the interwoven stories of several generations of immigrant women/girls very compelling, even through a male narrator's voice. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 08:32 PM Flag
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np. Funny enough, I picked it at a book sale and it has been sitting on my night-stand for a few months. I think it's time to read it finally. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.07.20, 02:40 AM Flag
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You must read The Round House by Louise Erdrich as well as LaRose. I read a lot and these are both remarkable family stories and she’s a gifted writer. I’ll add Freedom by Jonathan Franzen. Sing Unburied Sing by Jesymn Ward and Savage the Bones also by Jesmyn Ward. Swing Time by Zadie Smith. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (amazing especially if you like world war two stories and this one is different). Commonwealth and The Dutch House both by Ann Patchett. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (I was slow to the party on these but they’re a standout and beloved for a reason). A Constellation of Vital Phenomenon by Anthony Marra. Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg (so good) Imagine Me Gone by Adam Hasett (very moving). [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 11:03 PM Flag
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please report back if you read any of the suggestions or other people too the posts about books are some of my favorites on UB [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 11:04 PM Flag
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A Visit From The Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan. The next two are ‘lighter’ and fast but fun reads and also insightful imho Modern Lovers and The Vacationers both by Emma Straub oh and this a can’t miss if you like post war British fiction truly amazing Old Filth by Jane Gardam and then her other two books in the same series which are told from the perspective of two different characters [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 11:07 PM Flag
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+1 on Goon Squad [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.07.20, 12:58 AM Flag
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Posted just below you; it seems like we have similar taste. My Brilliant Friend has been hanging out with a small section read--keep meaning to get more into it. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 11:19 PM Flag
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I’m about to finish the fourth book in the Neapolitan series. My mom has been watching the tv show and loves it. I want to see the show too but wanted to finish the books first [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.07.20, 12:57 AM Flag
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Dutch House, Commonwealth (Ann Patchett), The Children's Crusade (Ann Packer) [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 11:17 PM Flag
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I prefer non-fiction, so would recommend Daughters and Rebels by Jessica Mitford, and The Six by Laura Thompson (which is a biography of the Mitford sisters). The Romanovs, by Simon Sebastian Montefiore, is about the history of the Romanov family from 1613-1918–it’s a massive biography, but very well written and really focuses on the personalities of the various family members as well as the roles they played in Russian history. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 11:27 PM Flag
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I enjoyed the Montefiore book a lot, though I think I prefer Massie's "Nicholas and Alexandra", which I've read several times. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.07.20, 04:17 PM Flag
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I never read the book, but Orson Welles’ Magnificent Ambersons is worth watching [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 11:41 PM Flag
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how soon can you come over? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.06.20, 11:44 PM Flag
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The My Brilliant Friend books are so engaging. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.07.20, 12:57 AM Flag
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+1 [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.07.20, 02:40 AM Flag
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The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz hands down should be on your list just like the other excellent recs by others. The Cairo Trilogy tells the tale of an upper class Egyptian family through multiple generations with changes to the modern history of Egypt as the backdrop. It is superbly written. You will come to develop complicated views of members of the family much like in real life with one’s own family. They are endearing, shocking, cruel, naive, innocent, sweet, loyal, but ultimately loving all at once. Mahfouz won the Nobel in 1988. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.07.20, 01:49 AM Flag
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Oh yeah these were great. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.07.20, 01:35 PM Flag
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Pachinko, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Homegoing, House of the Spirits, the Joy Luck Club, A Fine Balance, A House for Mr. Biswas and In the Time of the Butterflies. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.07.20, 01:52 AM Flag
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great suggestions! I also loved The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.07.20, 12:52 PM Flag
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How about The Corrections or A Widow for One Year? Two of my all time favorites...Also: White Teeth. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.07.20, 02:30 AM Flag
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Middlesex, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn are two of my favorites. East of Eden was already mentioned. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.07.20, 05:54 AM Flag
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Oh! A Tree grows in Brooklyn...how I loved that book! [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.07.20, 06:00 AM Flag
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One of the most engaging family sagas I’ve read was Penny Vincenzi’s books that begin with “No Angel”. British and American family drama beginning c.WW1. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.07.20, 11:16 AM Flag
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The Joy Luck Club & Wuthering Heights "Heathcliff - it's me it's Cathy - I've come hommmmme!" (couldn't resist :) [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.07.20, 01:57 PM Flag
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Does anyone still read Michner? Loved The Source. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.07.20, 04:18 PM Flag
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Rosamunde Pilcher's books. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.07.20, 04:19 PM Flag
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David Mitchell (he wrote Cloud Atlas) isn't for everyone, but I've re-read The Bone Clocks a couple of times and heartily recommend it. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.07.20, 04:20 PM Flag
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Anything by Susan Howatch: Cashelmara, Penmarric, Wheel of Fortune, Glittering Images series, St Benet’s Trilogy. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.07.20, 09:15 PM Flag
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Last Hundred Yeard Trilogy - Jane Smiley. One of my favorite authors and three of my favorite books [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.08.20, 12:16 AM Flag
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Logged on just to reply. If you like this genre - PLEASE read Kane and Abel, by Jeffrey Archer. So, so good! [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.08.20, 03:00 AM Flag
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